View Single Post
  #11  
Old 01-10-2007, 01:34 PM
TSteven TSteven is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Left Coast
Posts: 3,605
Quote:
Originally Posted by MysticCat View Post
That is indeed it. "Animal House" started as Chris Miller's short story, "The Night of the Seven Fires," in the National Lampoon, although some of the characters (including Mandy Pepperidge, Fawn Lebowitz, and Larry Kroger, not yet combined with Miller's Pinto) made their appearance earlier in "Doug Kinney's High School Yearbook" in the Lampoon. Harold Ramis, a member of Zeta Beta Tau, added some elements inspired by his experiences at Washington University (St. Louis).
I still have my original copy (1974) of National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook Parody. As a little kid, I thought it was hilarious. And even after thirty plus years, it is still hilarious! A classic as it were.
Reply With Quote